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Final beam for new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal set

Our Region’s Business: RMU Century Initiatives and Innovation Fund

‘It Benefits People in Ukraine:’ Top Secret Colonials’ 24-Hour Gaming Marathon Helps Raise Funds

A fundraising, 24-hour gaming event has come to a close and it was all an effort to support Ukraine

Robert Morris University launches income share agreements
for students to help reduce reliance on student loans

The ISA, named the Colonial Success Fund, will permit select students to take up to $5,000 a year to cover education-related expenses.

Nearly a year early, RMU tops a $100 million fundraising goal

The school went public with its “RMU 100: Ready to Rise” drive on Nov. 12, 2019 and initially hoped to reach its target by RMU’s 100th anniversary on Sept. 21, 2021, officials said. As of last week, the total had reached $100,256,000 in gifts and pledges.

Robert Morris University’s Fall Reopening Plan Includes Dorm For Students With Coronavirus, Contact Tracing And Temperature Monitoring

While many of the biggest colleges and universities have yet to make their plans for this fall known, one local school announced it’s planning to welcome students back in late August. Robert Morris University is still planning to open its campus as scheduled.

'Oh, say can you see...?' Hey, I think that's the new RMU president

This "one-day chief executive" is to receive the presidential treatment on Thursday — ceremonially speaking — including a swearing-in ceremony in the president's conference room, an inauguration at a campus cafe, the right to issue a proclamation of kindness and even a VIP visit to the men's ice hockey locker room in the RMU Island Sports Center on Neville Island and pizza later that evening.

Robert Morris promotes fundraising campaign with $100 million goal

Robert Morris University Tuesday went public with a campaign to raise $100 million as the school and its president also marked the groundbreaking for an expansion of its John Jay School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science.

From Steel Valley to Silicon Valley: football lessons

At the U.S. Air Force Academy, my fellow cadets and I had to memorize Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s famous words from his days as superintendent of West Point: “Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory.”

Get an associate degree, live in a dorm, then finish a bachelor’s

Robert Morris is the latest entrant in an increasingly intense hunt for Pa. college students

RMU makes financial pitch to compete with WVU, Kent State

A year ago, Robert Morris University rolled out a promotion to show that the private university in Moon could match and ultimately beat overall prices paid by students who attend two of Pennsylvania's leading public campuses — the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.

Universities are not ‘trade schools,’ but they should prepare students for the workforce

"The newly inaugurated president of Robert Morris University, a small private school in Moon Township, Penn., argues that colleges and universities must find a way to produce graduates who are astute members of society and competent members of the labor market."

Playing with the big boys: RMU will match tuition at Pitt, Penn State

Robert Morris University is taking the gloves off in the competition for students deemed promising enough to attend two of the state's leading public campuses, pledging it will match and ultimately beat the average cost to attend those schools.

Presidents Who Leave Liberal Arts Colleges

A handful of college presidents have decided to make the unusual move from a liberal arts college to a professionally oriented institution. Despite love for the liberal arts, they say the time was right -- for many reasons.

How Do You Keep The Public Shopping? Just Make People Sad

I know none of you would ever take advantage of someone in distress, so I can safely share this: If you are looking to unload an asset, be it a car or an eBay gewgaw, try to find buyers who are feeling sad, and stay away from those who are feeling disgusted, happy or even neutral.

New president wants to keep Robert Morris' trajectory on the upswing

Christopher Howard, who will be inaugurated today as the university’s eighth president, calls the school’s trajectory “a bit of an improbable but not impossible American story.”

In Race for Students, Colleges Offer to Match Tuition at Rival Schools

Price-match guarantee, a sales tactic borrowed from retailers, illustrates how fiercely competitive higher education has become

For Robert Morris U., the Nontraditional-Student Market Is New Again

Robert Morris University's origins—it was founded in 1921 as the for-profit Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, which rented three small rooms in the Blackstone Building downtown—aren't particularly surprising. What's unusual is the situation Robert Morris finds itself in now as it seeks to match its mission to its markets.